IFSC Boulder World Cups 2008 - 2022

Top ranked athletes 2022

Men

Name Country Points Events Tops Top %
1 Yoshiyuki Ogata JPN 4535 6 55 70.51
2 Tomoa Narasaki JPN 3405 5 38 66.67
3 Kokoro Fujii JPN 3370 6 52 74.29
4 Maximillian Milne GBR 2475 6 36 62.07
5 Yannick Flohé GER 2475 4 35 72.92
6 Mejdi Schalck FRA 2294 5 29 64.44
7 Dohyun Lee KOR 2128 5 27 55.10
8 Colin Duffy USA 1976 5 29 64.44
9 Jongwon Chon KOR 1958 5 31 63.27
10 Rei Kawamata JPN 1774 5 34 69.39

Women

Name Country Points Events Tops Top %
1 Natalia Grossman USA 5805 6 73 93.59
2 Miho Nonaka JPN 3278 6 47 71.21
3 Brooke Raboutou USA 2940 5 41 71.93
4 Futaba Ito JPN 2800 6 43 65.15
5 Stasa Gejo SRB 2415 6 41 66.13
6 Jessica Pilz AUT 2400 6 40 68.97
7 Hannah Meul GER 2345 4 34 77.27
8 Oriane Bertone FRA 2316 5 30 61.22
9 Camilla Moroni ITA 2025 6 39 62.90
10 Franziska Sterrer AUT 1775 6 36 62.07

Top ranked athletes overall 2008-2022

Men

Name Country Points Events Tops Top %
1 Kilian Fischhuber AUT 32478 48 410 73.21
2 Dmitrii Sharafutdinov RUS 31592 58 429 69.42
3 Rustam Gelmanov RUS 30306 65 446 65.88
4 Aleksey Rubtsov RUS 25863 57 359 60.95
5 Tomoa Narasaki JPN 25393 45 324 67.36
6 Sean Mccoll CAN 25285 70 395 61.53
7 Kokoro Fujii JPN 24896 53 374 67.15
8 Jan Hojer GER 24628 61 358 62.92
9 Jernej Kruder SLO 24461 86 382 54.73
10 Guillaume Glairon Mondet FRA 24441 57 346 60.38

Women

Name Country Points Events Tops Top %
1 Akiyo Noguchi JPN 61120 85 809 76.83
2 Anna Stöhr AUT 44686 63 573 75.49
3 Shauna Coxsey GBR 35603 51 463 73.84
4 Miho Nonaka JPN 28668 46 395 71.82
5 Alex Puccio USA 22926 39 334 71.52
6 Melissa Le Neve FRA 22839 53 348 64.33
7 Katharina Saurwein AUT 22312 68 331 54.08
8 Juliane Wurm GER 21895 44 326 69.66
9 Petra Klingler SUI 20804 64 304 53.90
10 Fanny Gibert FRA 19602 50 271 58.66

Top ranked per event 2008-2022

Rankings adjusted for the number of events attended.

Men

Name Country Points Events Top %
1 Kilian Fischhuber AUT 677 48 73.21
2 David Lama AUT 576 8 64.29
3 Tomoa Narasaki JPN 564 45 67.36
4 Dmitrii Sharafutdinov RUS 545 58 69.42
5 Paul Robinson USA 544 4 58.33
6 Jongwon Chon KOR 496 44 67.16
7 Kokoro Fujii JPN 470 53 67.15
8 Rustam Gelmanov RUS 466 65 65.88
9 Aleksey Rubtsov RUS 454 57 60.95
10 Daniel Woods USA 448 15 65.56

Women

Name Country Points Events Top %
1 Janja Garnbret SLO 891 21 91.45
2 Natalia Grossman USA 732 15 80.12
3 Akiyo Noguchi JPN 719 85 76.83
4 Anna Stöhr AUT 709 63 75.49
5 Shauna Coxsey GBR 698 51 73.84
6 Miho Nonaka JPN 623 46 71.82
7 Alex Puccio USA 588 39 71.52
8 Luce Douady FRA 545 1 61.54
9 Zhilu Luo CHN 520 2 68.18
10 Juliane Wurm GER 498 44 69.66

Top toppers 2008-2022

Athletes ranked by success rate in topping boulders.

Men

Name Country Events Tops Zones Top %
1 Adam Ondra CZE 24 220 263 76.39
2 Kilian Fischhuber AUT 48 410 502 73.21
3 Thomas Tauporn GER 12 80 99 71.43
4 Tatsumi Nitta JPN 2 7 10 70.00
5 Dmitrii Sharafutdinov RUS 58 429 554 69.42
6 Tomoa Narasaki JPN 45 324 433 67.36
7 Jongwon Chon KOR 44 317 411 67.16
8 Kokoro Fujii JPN 53 374 498 67.15
9 Sam Mcqueen USA 1 6 8 66.67
10 Tomás Mrázek CZE 1 6 8 66.67

Women

Name Country Events Tops Zones Top %
1 Janja Garnbret SLO 21 246 258 91.45
2 Natalia Grossman USA 15 137 161 80.12
3 Akiyo Noguchi JPN 85 809 970 76.83
4 Anna Stöhr AUT 63 573 705 75.49
5 Shauna Coxsey GBR 51 463 566 73.84
6 Miho Nonaka JPN 46 395 497 71.82
7 Alex Puccio USA 39 334 417 71.52
8 Juliane Wurm GER 44 326 420 69.66
9 Olga Bezhko UKR 3 13 16 68.42
10 Sandrine Levet FRA 2 15 18 68.18

Does being tall help?

Answering the age old question of whether height affects bouldering success. There doesn't appear to be any significant trend.

Men

Women

Are boulders getting harder?

The average topping success has declined over the years, indicating that the setting is getting harder.